import { SignerWithAddress } from '@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers/dist/src/signer-with-address';
import { Contract } from 'ethers';
import { Artifact, LinkReferences } from 'hardhat/types';
export declare type Libraries = {
    [key: string]: string;
};
export declare type ArtifactLike = {
    abi: any;
    bytecode: string;
    linkReferences?: LinkReferences;
};
export declare function deploy(nameOrArtifact: string | ArtifactLike, args?: Array<any>, from?: SignerWithAddress, libraries?: Libraries): Promise<Contract>;
export declare function deployProxy(nameOrArtifact: string | ArtifactLike, args?: Array<any>, initArgs?: Array<any>, initName?: string, from?: SignerWithAddress, libraries?: Libraries): Promise<Contract>;
export declare function getCreationCode(nameOrArtifact: string | ArtifactLike, args?: Array<any>, libraries?: Libraries): Promise<string>;
export declare function instanceAt(nameOrArtifact: string | any, address: string): Promise<Contract>;
export declare function getArtifact(contractName: string): Promise<Artifact>;
export declare function linkBytecode(artifact: ArtifactLike, libraries: Libraries): string;